Our prediction for this Coppa Italia match:
Fiorentina will look to book their spot in the Coppa Italia quarter-finals when they take on Parma at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Wednesday evening. The Viola faced no difficulties in a 3-0 win over Salernitana at the weekend and you should know that they are eyeing their fourth consecutive win at home ground. Both Dodo and Castrovilli are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Gli Emiliani, on the other hand, defeated Spezia 1-0 in their last Serie B game to move one step closer to securing automatic promotion, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry against Fiorentina, who are a real force to be reckoned with at home. Even though there are no fresh injury worries in the away team, we are tempted to put our money on the hosts. Parma defender Lautaro Valenti remains in the recovery room with an ACL injury.
Highlighted Player (Christian Kouame):
Christian Kouame is an Ivory Coast international who has been playing for Serie A side Genoa since 2018. Kouame started his youth career at Prato and after ending his loan spells with the likes of Sassuolo and Inter, he returned to Stadio Lungobisenzio.
The 185-cm-tall forward made his professional debut with Prato on September 6, 2015 in a 2-1 loss to Pisa. Christian Kouame started the match, but he was replaced by Alberto Aladje after 66 minutes. The Genoa attacker, though, has yet to earn a call-up for the Ivory Coast national team. He has two caps for the Ivory Coast U23 team, but he is still eyeing his senior team debut.
His main position is centre-forward, but he is used as both left and right winger as well. The Genoa footballer was born in Abijan on December 6, 1997 and he has a contract with the Rossoblu until June 30, 2023.
Highlighted Team (Parma):
Founded in 1913, Parma is considered one of the most famous Italian clubs. The Gialloblu play home games in white shirts with a dark blue cross and dark blue shorts. Speaking of their away colours, Parma footballers wear yellow-blue kits on the travels. Parma have yet to win the Serie A trophy, but they did well to lift the UEFA Cup trophy on two occasions (1994/1995, 1998/1999).
To make things even better for Parma fans, the Gialloblu won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in the 1992/1993 season, with the team beating Royal Antwerp in the title game 3-1. A number of top-class footballers played for Parma in the past: Hernan Crespo, Roberto Mancini, Juan Veron, Roberto Mancini, Dino Baggio, Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon.
The Gialloblu welcome their rivals at Stadio Ennio Tardini, which was opened in 1923. The venue can hold up to 27,906 spectators. Bologna are considered Parma’s biggest rivals and there have always been fireworks in matches between the two sides.